41-9-1021
any share of any payment received for radio broadcasting, television, or motion picture rights. (20) TOUGH MAN CONTEST. A boxing match and tournament where each contestant wears headgear and oversized gloves. A contestant in a tough man contest is not an amateur or a professional and cash prizes may be awarded. (21) UNARMED COMBAT. a. Any form of competition between human beings in which both of the following occurs: 1. One or more blows are struck which may reasonably be expected to inflict injury on a human being. 2. There is some compensation or commercial benefit arising from such competition, whether in the form of cash or non-cash payment to the competitors or the person arranging the competition; the sale of the right to film, broadcast, transmit, or view the competition; or the use of the competition to attract persons to a particular location for some commercial advantage or to promote a commercial product or commercial enterprise. b. Unarmed combat does not include any of the...
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41-9-1033
Section 41-9-1033 Participant requirements. No person shall arrange, promote, organize, produce, or participate in a match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts unless he or she has complied with the following requirements: (1) An examination by a physician who has certified that the boxer, bare knuckle boxer, or mixed martial arts competitor is physically fit to compete safely. Copies of each certificate shall be provided to the commission prior to the match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts. The commission may require a boxer, bare knuckle boxer, tough man contestant, wrestler, or mixed martial arts competitor to undergo a physical examination, including neurological or neuropsychological tests and procedures. (2) A physician approved by the...
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41-9-1030
Section 41-9-1030 Participant license. (a) Prior to participating in a match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts supervised by the commission, referees, judges, timekeepers, matchmakers, boxers, bare knuckle boxers, wrestlers, mixed martial arts competitors, managers, trainers, and each person who assists a boxer, bare knuckle boxer, wrestler, or mixed martial arts competitor immediately before and after a match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, bare knuckle boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts and between rounds during a match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, bare knuckle boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts shall be required by the commission to apply for and be issued a license. Licenses shall be issued annually and shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year. Each applicant shall make application on a form provided by the commission...
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41-9-1034
Section 41-9-1034 Impairment of participant by alcohol or drugs. It shall be unlawful for any professional boxer, professional bare knuckle boxer, tough man contestant, professional wrestler, amateur mixed martial arts competitor, or professional competitor in mixed martial arts to participate or attempt to participate in a match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, tough man contest, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts while under the influence of alcohol or any drug. A professional boxer, professional bare knuckle boxer, tough man contestant, professional wrestler, amateur mixed martial arts competitor, or professional mixed martial arts competitor shall be deemed under the influence of alcohol or a drug for the purposes of this section if a physical examination made during a period of time beginning not more than six hours prior to the beginning of the match, contest, or exhibition and...
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41-9-1032
suspend or revoke the match permit or the license of any specific boxer, bare knuckle boxer, wrestler, or mixed martial arts competitor should it be determined by such person that the continuation of the match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts may jeopardize the health, welfare, morals, or safety of the citizens of this state or may jeopardize the health or personal safety of any participant of the match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts; provided, however, that the licensee, after a summary suspension, shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, in accordance with the rules of the commission and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (d) The commission may revoke a suspension of a professional boxer, professional...
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41-9-1024
Section 41-9-1024 Alabama Athletic Commission - Powers and duties. (a)(1) The commission shall be the sole regulator of professional boxing in this state and shall have authority to protect the physical safety and welfare of professional boxers and serve the public interest by closely supervising all professional boxing in this state. (2) The commission shall be the sole regulator of professional and amateur matches, contests, or exhibitions of mixed martial arts and shall have the authority to protect the physical safety and welfare of professional competitors in mixed martial arts and serve the public interest by closely supervising all competitors in mixed martial arts. The commission shall regulate professional and amateur mixed martial arts to the same extent as professional boxing unless any rule of the commission is not by its nature applicable to mixed martial arts. (3) The commission shall be the sole regulator of professional matches, contests, or exhibitions of wrestling and...
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41-9-1029
Section 41-9-1029 Promoter license; match permit; performance bond; certification of results. (a)(1) No person shall promote or hold a match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, tough man contests, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts within this state without first applying for and obtaining a promoter's license from the commission. (2) Licenses shall be issued annually and shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year. (b) Promoters shall apply to the commission for a license required by subsection (a) on a form provided by the commission. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The application shall also be accompanied by a performance bond in an amount and under any conditions required by the commission. (c)(1) In addition to the license required by subsection (a), a match, contest, or exhibition of professional...
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41-9-1037
Section 41-9-1037 Jurisdiction of commission. The commission shall have jurisdiction over any match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, tough man contests, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts which occurs or is held within this state, is filmed in this state, or is broadcast or transmitted from this state. (Act 2009-622, p. 1872, §18; Act 2010-222, p. 392, §1; Act 2013-285, p. 961, §1; Act 2019-491, §1.)...
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41-9-1036
Section 41-9-1036 Age requirement. No person under the age of 18 years shall participate as a contestant in any match, contest, or exhibition of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, tough man contest, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts. (Act 2009-622, p. 1872, §17; Act 2010-222, p. 392, §1; Act 2013-285, p. 961, §1; Act 2019-491, §1.)...
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41-9-1027
competitor to fight where appropriate. (2) Procedures to ensure that, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of Section 41-9-1032, no professional boxer, professional bare knuckle boxer, amateur mixed martial arts competitor, or professional mixed martial arts competitor shall be permitted to participate while under suspension from any state boxing or athletic commission because of any of the following: a. A recent knockout, technical knockout, or series of consecutive losses. b. An injury, requirement for a medical procedure, or physician's denial of certification. c. Failure of a drug test. d. The use of false aliases or falsifying official identification cards or document. e. Other reasons as determined by the commission. (3) Procedures to report to the boxing registry the results of all professional matches, contests, or exhibitions of boxing held in this state or being supervised by the commission and any related suspensions. (b)(1) Drug tests, as provided in paragraph c....
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